Personality can open doors, but it cannot rewrite geopolitics. By Hillary Rodham Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo An author of books on Russia who spoke the language, she had no diplomatic experience but ...
Most first-time writers with fledgling publishers have a hard time getting noticed. Not this one. Last week, when the small, independent New York publishing house of Richardson & Steirman brought out ...
As the Cold War came to an end, three world leaders stood at the crossroads of history. In Washington, Moscow, and London, George H.W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Margaret Thatcher navigated a world ...
Mikhail Gorbachev was a contradictory figure with a complex legacy. Hailed in the West as a democrat and liberator of his people—which he genuinely was—he increasingly became despised by many within ...
Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union who brought in reforms credited with ending the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Moscow’s Central ...
The National Cold War Center (NCWC) will host a Cold War Conversation on Nov. 7 with special guest Pavel Palazhchenko, chief ...
1952 – Joins the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and works in various positions in the party for the next two decades. 1955-1958 – Becomes the first secretary of the Communist Party of the ...
Who is the superpower leader with an eye for a photo opportunity and a knack for communicating with the folks out there? A surprising answer could be found last week on Vremya, the Soviet nightly news ...